Pineapple Upside Down Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

TOPPING
1/2 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
20 ounces pineapple slices, drain, reserve juice
15 maraschino cherries, drained
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
CAKE
18 1/4 ounces pineapple cake mix
3 ounces vanilla instant pudding mix
4 large eggs
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350*.
to prepare TOPPING:.
melt butter on low heat in 12\" cast iron skillet or 13x9\" baking pan.
Remove from heat, stir in brown sugar, spread to cover bottom of skillet or baking pan.
Arrange pineapple slices, maraschino cherries and pecans in skillet or baking pan.
Set aside.
to prepare CAKE:.
combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs water and oil in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes.
Pour batter evenly over fruit in skillet or baking dish.
Bake at 350* for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Let stand 5 minutes on cooling rack.run knife around edges and invert onto serving plate.
Let cool.may serve warm or cool.
If baking in 13x9 pan, bake for 45-50 minutes.